1. Las Filipinas y España Teaching the Philippines in Your Classroom Rosanne Luis SUNY Oswego

2. About Me Graduate student at SUNY Oswego Adolescence Ed 7-12: Spanish Family is originally from Philippines Received B.A. in Spanish

3. My Story

4. Why teach about the Philippines?

5. Where is the Philippines? The Philippines is the only country in Asia that was colonized by Spain.

6. Spain had control of the Philippines for over _____ years. Spain controlled the Philippines for 377 years. This had an impact on the culture, food and language in the Philippines.

7. Days of the Week lunes lunes martes martes miércoles miyerkules jueves huwebes viernes biyernes sabado sabado domingo linggo Hundreds of words in Tagalog (Filipino) are derived from Spanish words.

8. Philippines Unit Taught Spanish I and II classes at North- Rose Wolcott High School Consisted of 4 lessons, with topics in history, culture, traditions and folklore Most successful lesson was “La Boda Filipina”

9. Ustedes son invitados…La Boda Filipina

10. Contact information Rosanne Luis rluis@oswego.edu